Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-22
AR" OF CLOTHES CUTTING.
Schools Whore tho Tailors' Trade Il
Taught--Nakin.. Good Tits.'

Schools Whore tho Tailors' Trade Il
Taught--Nakins Good Tits.''
''These schouis are not very well at
tended now, but if you were to go to them
in the summer months, when the tailor
business is in its vacation. SO to speak,
you would find scores and scores of young
men busy with measures and shears prac-
ticing the fine art of cutting clothes that
will fii. II is n beautiful and enhancing
study" said the cutter, with proud con-
scousness of the worth of his calling
''and it is one that everybody cannot
master in its perfection any more than
every one can become great painter, or
a great singer. or a great statesman. II
takes time and genius to make you good
CUTTER
''How mucn times" the reporter asked.
.'That depends on the natural gifts of
the pupil. Nobody can learn il in much
less than three months, however, and
neither of the tailor colleges will give less
than a quarters tuition. The pupil is
first taught to draft ont patterns for
clothes with chalk and wooden measure
from the measurement memoranda given
by the professor. When he has got so
that these patterns viii produce a gar
ment that will fit something besides
lamp post or pump he is allowed to try
his hand on "A I've customer IL he makes
errors the errors are corrected by the pro-
fessor, and he tries again. until in q few
weeks, more or less, provided of course
that he is gifted with the natural genius
that can alone produce a perfect fit. he is
able to claim his diploma and start out
into the wide world 10 lead triumphant
career in the beneiicent work OF clothing
mankind SO that the grace and manly
beauty of the race can be fully developed.
Ready made clothes are always made
on even figure measurements-that is TO
say. a coat is b or sc or 40 or some even
figure in chest measurement. and the
waist measurements of the trousers are
arranged on the same scale. IL doesn't
pay to have odd figures. because the de-
mand for them IS comparatively inconSid
erable II You should put on ready
made garment and find that it was Just u
tritle too large or too small around the
chest or waist you would find that the
garment had been made so that the alter
alton could he quickly made for YOU
Grading is simply making an allowance
for alteration It's "A clever trade knack
and invaluable in the great ready made
clothing establishments
There is n common belief that there is
a secret trick OF the trade in cutting for
custom trade. Have you any objection to
giving that secret away
Not in the least Cutter Drury re-
piled, with laugh. The so called trick
II the trade is merely the knack of saving
material by arranging the pattern on the
cloth SO that the least possible quantity of
the material will he used in making the
This is something by which |
the customer loses nothing, and the tailor
saves good deal II simply proves the |
superior art Of the cutter. An unsklllful |
tailor. for example, will waste good deal |
IF cloth by the clumsy arrangement cf |
he pattern. On the other hand, a man |
who knows mis- business thoroughly can |
crowd the pattern, as we say in techni
,;d lingo, into small space, and thus save
waste without marring the
garment or producing a misfit That
III the secret there is to it. II isn't much,
IS you see. Ii all lies in understanding
What you're about, and that. believe l..
he secret of success in all the learned
New York Sun.